Boys track records an eight-place showing

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May 31, 2007 at 12:01 AMMay 31, 2007 at 8:29 PM

The Lincoln-Sudbury Warriors competed at the Massachusetts Class A Championships at Cawley Stadium in Lowell. The weather was hot, and rather large tree on the infield provided essentially the only shade in the place.

Carl Jewell/Sports Correspondent

The Lincoln-Sudbury Warriors competed at the Massachusetts Class A Championships at Cawley Stadium in Lowell. The weather was hot, and rather large tree on the infield provided essentially the only shade in the place.The Warriors went in with high expectations, and at the end of the day, were relatively satisfied with the results. When the dust had settled, they finished with 33.33 points in eighth place among the top teams in the state. The scoring for this meet is 10-8-6-4-2-1. The top four athletes in each event qualified for the all-state meet this coming Saturday.The temperature was well in the 90's for the entire day, and down on the turf and on the track, it was well over 100 degrees. The heat, however, did not slow down Marcus West, who cruised through the prelims of the 100 meter dash, taking first in his heat and being the third fastest qualifier for the finals in 11.15 seconds. In the finals, he again took third place, running 11.17 seconds.Bryant Wang and Greg Yuen both competed in the 110 hurdles, taking sixth and 10th, respectively, in the prelims. Wang was the last qualifier for the finals, and he shaved a second from the prelims to the finals, taking third place in 14.86 seconds, shaving time off from his own school record.In the other hurdle race of the day, the 300 hurdles, Steve Tenure and Dan Schwartz ran very well. Tenure finished in a blanket finish in his heat, ending up eighth overall in a time of 41.51 seconds. Schwartz, with eight stitches in his knee, managed to hold his own in the fast heat, taking third in the heat and fourth overall in 41.11 seconds.Nick Colantuono was one of the favorites in the 400 meter dash coming into this meet, and he ran a season best time, taking fourth place in 49.73 seconds, only .2 seconds out of second place. Ben Cutting also ran very well in the 400, running a personal best 52.73 seconds to take 21st.The distance events were the most effected by the heat. Carl Jewell ran an okay race in the 800, once again missing the two-minute barrier and running 2:01.27 to place 13th. In the mile, Jake Shoemaker just missed making the fast heat and lead his heat from wire to wire, pushing the pace through a first lap in 63.4 seconds and the first 800 in 2:11. He finished with a solid lead and ended up taking eighth place overall, just under 4:30 in 4:29.99 seconds.In the two mile, which was the first event of the day, Noah MacNeil and Jimmy Tyrell were in the lead pack the whole way, right next to each other, until they kicked it home. They finished in sixth and eighth place in 9:54.3 and 9:54.8, respectively. The pace of the two mile was slow early as a result of the difficult weather.In the pole vault, Ian Russell vaulted 10-6, taking fourth place overall, scoring points, and earning his trip to the state meet.The relays were a true display of the Warriors' improvement this season from last season. In the 4x800 meter run, the team was switched a mere 30 minutes before the start, and yet, Shoemaker, MacNeil, Tyrell and Tenure stepped up and doubled back, finishing 12th in 8:37.83.In the 4x100 meter relay, the dominating team of Yuen, Colantuono, Klein, and West ran a stunning race. Yuen got out well from the blocks and handed off in good position to Colantuono, who scorched his straightaway leg. Klein maintained good position and set things up for West to bring it home. The team finished third overall in 42.96 seconds, their fastest time of the year and a national qualifying one at that.In the 4x400 meter relay, Cutting, Jewell, Wang, and Schwartz were running in the last race of the day on the track in the fast heat. L-S was up with the leaders the whole way and Schwartz brought them home in third place in the heat and fourth overall in 3:28.33, a season best time.The Warriors will close out there Massachusetts season on Saturday at Holyoke College at the All-State Meet.

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